Improvement in fastenings for sleeve-buttons and studs



M. P. BOWMAN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Or rlcn.

MORRIS P. BOWMAN, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR SLEEVE-BUTTONS AND STUDS- Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 183,893, dated October 31, 1876;application filed September 20, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MORRIS P. BOWMAN, ofYoungstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Sleeve-Buttons,Studs, 8210.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to sleeve and collar buttons, shirt'studs, andother like articles of ornament and use for connecting the parts ofgarments.

The invention consists in a new and improved fastening device, by meansof which the comparatively large button-holes heretofore necessary maybe dispensed with, and the button or stud be inserted in the requiredposition easily and quickly, be securely held in place, and be removedor detached when required with facility, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of asleeve-button having my improved fastening device shown extended or inposition ready to be inserted in place. Fig. 2 is a similar view,showing the button secured in position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view,showing the construction and arrangement of the parts of the device.

All the figures show the button enlarged, so as to illustrate theinvention more clearly.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a sleeve-button, on theback of which, and projecting from its central portion, is a plate orfixed standard, a. B is a guardbar hinged to the end of the standard a.Thisguard-bar is formed with a longitudinal slot, 1), in which aspring-bar, C, is inserted, the

outer end of the spring being secured to the outer end of the bar B, andits other or free With a button of this description it will be seen thatthe spring 0, bearing against the hinge, will keep the guard-bar B inposition, either extended, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, or turnedlaterally, as shown by Fig. 2 of the drawings, a certain degree of forcebeing required to turn the bar in either direction.

When it is desired to place the button in position, the bar B isextended, and can then be easily passed through narrow slits or openingsin the garment to be fastened. The guard-bar B is then turned on itshinge, when its projecting ends will extend beyond the holes or openingsin the garment and securely hold the button in position. By againturning the bar B into its extended position the button can be removedwithout difficulty.

The advantages resulting from the use of my improved fastening devicewill be apparent to any one who has suffered loss or inconveniencethrough the use of the old style of button, which soon enlarges thebutton-holes and drops out or fails of its office.

With a button or stud having my improvement only a small hole or narrowslit requires to be made in the garment, there is no difticulty inplacing the button in position, and when the guard-bar is turnedlaterally its ends project so far beyond the slits or openings that thebutton cannot become detached or drop out.

It will also be seen that while the spring, by always bearing againstthe hinge with pressure, retains the bar B in either position, ashereinbefore set forth, yet, by its being made as described and insertedwithin the slot in the bar, it does not take up any extra space, orproject so as to catch or tear the garment, and does not necessitate theuse of any larger hole being made in the garment than is required forthe passage of the bar B itself.

By this device I therefore obtain a constant pressure to retain the barB in any desired position, without increasing the size of the fasteningdevice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- The herein-described button-fasteningdemy own I aflix my signature in presence of vice, consisting of the barB, hinged to thetwo witnesses. standard a, and having the slot b, inwhich the spring 0 is secured, so that its free end rests upon and bearsagainst the hinge, sub- Witnesses: stantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as MORRIS P. BOWMAN.

E. GUTHMAN, '0. C. BUR'NHLM.

